STIFLE

stifle

Noun

  1. A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
  2. A bone disease of this region.

Verb

  1. To interrupt or cut off.
  2. To repress, keep in or hold back.
  3. To smother or suffocate.
  4. To feel smothered etc.
  5. To die of suffocation.
  6. To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.


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